Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Birmingham, Chilton, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf or Colindale), Porton (Core HQs and Scientific Campus') About the job Job summary The leader of the National Hazards Assessment and Analysis division in the Analysis and Intelligence Assessment Directorate is a varied and challenging senior leadership role. As one of the key members of the Directorates senior leadership team, you will be at the heart of the UKHSAs mission to prepare for, prevent and respond to health threats, save lives and protect livelihoods. The National Hazards Assessment and Analysis divisions mandate is to deliver analysis and assessment of existing threats to UK public health and provide information to aid strategic decision making and policy at a national level. The Deputy Director oversees a broad programme of work including: Delivering analysis to support situational awareness, understand inequalities, and enhance strategic decision making at a national level across multiple hazards. Delivering assessment of strategically important national hazards for senior decision makers, synthesising intelligence from modelling, data science and clinical insights from AHI, UKHSA and across the health family. Delivering products across multiple hazards by developing our relationships with subject matter experts, continuously developing our knowledge and data expertise, and collaborating with modellers and data scientists, to ultimately transform the agencies capacity to deliver robust and consistent assessment of hazards at a national level. Working for your organisation We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all. Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers Job description You will be expected to collaborate across the UKHSA to commission and build on the strengths of all relevant teams, as well as building strong relationships with counterparts in DHSC, NHS, the Cabinet Office and other government departments. Lead the national hazard teams and strategic oversight of the capability to provide analysis and assessment of existing threats to UK public health Provide timely and impactful assessment and forecasting to aid strategic decision making and policy at a national level and responsively during public health incidents. Deliver analysis to support situational awareness and understanding of inequalities across multiple hazards, synthesising intelligence from modelling, data science, clinical SME with all source data to generate insight for senior customers. Lead customer and partner engagement across UKHSA, government and with customers in the health family to identify policy requirements; prioritise assessment and analysis outputs, tasking modelling as required. Providing strategic oversight and quality assurance of all-source health intelligence assessment products. Build and develop AHIs health assessment capability, use of data, subject matter expertise and deliver the agencys capacity to deliver robust and consistent assessment of hazards at a national and regional level. Person specification For this vacancy we are using Success Profiles to assess your application, using Experience and Behaviours. It is important that through your Application and Statement of Suitability you give evidence and examples of proven experience to deliver against the following: Essential Criteria Experienced in working with complex and fast-paced data and information feeds within a relevant field (such as a response role in epidemiology or public health, emergency planning and operations, biosecurity or national security) Experience in commissioning and conducting all-source assessment of quantitative and qualitative information and expertise in quality assurance of intelligence assessment Proven experience working in a policy environment, providing timely analysis for decision-makers, with ability to command the confidence of Senior Stakeholders Strong collaborative skills and customer focus with the ability to build networks and achieve consensus across stakeholders, including forging relationships with Board and senior level stakeholders (e.g. Ministers) An in-depth knowledge of the use and application of analytical capabilities for strategic decision making Empowering, inclusive and inspiring leadership of high performing teams, with the ability to lead dispersed multifunctional teams through change and organisational transformation in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of PHIA standards and a track record of leading high performance teams in that community The successful candidate will need to hold developed vetting (DV) Desirable Criteria: Understanding of health, the health system, health security issues and structures and/or experience working in or with health partners Good working knowledge of epidemiology, genomics and public health practice Experience leading delivery of all source intelligence assessment Experience working with or alongside the UK intelligence community Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Managing a Quality Service Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Working Together Benefits Alongside your salary of £75,000, UK Health Security Agency contributes £21,727 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours. Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Stage 1: Application & Sift You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on essential criteria, and this will be in the form of: an Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) a 1000 word Statement of Suitability. This should outline how you consider your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application and Statement of Suitability will be marked together. Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist on the lead behaviour: Leadership Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment. Please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview (success profiles) You will be invited to a face to face interview. Behaviours will be tested at interview and this will include a 5-minute presentation, the topic of which will be confirmed prior to the interview. Visual aids will be allowed. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: Leadership Working Together Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service Interviews will be held week commencing 13 January 2025. Please note, these dates are subject to change. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance to DV level. More information about the vetting process can be found here. Security Clearance Level Requirement For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 10 years as the role requires Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice. Reasonable Adjustments The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will take into account any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should: Contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs. You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/ Artificial Intelligence (AI) I understand my application may be rejected or I may be subject to disciplinary action if evidence of plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own. Hybrid Options This role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) or at one of our scientific campus sites (Colindale, Porton and Chilton). For further details contact: Name: Jess Henderson Job title: Senior Business Operations Manager Email address: jess.hendersonukhsa.gov.uk Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. This role has a minimum assignment duration of 2 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Jess Henderson Email : jess.hendersonukhsa.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : SCS.MDrecruitmentukhsa.gov.uk Further information The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: Complaintsukhsa.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/ Apply at advertiser's site Share this page Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GMail